Chinese state media said that personnel on a Philippine ship pointed guns at China's Coast Guard in disputed waters of the South China Sea last…
Authorities in southern Vietnam have stepped-up harassment of activists from the ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom community who are trying to promote the rights of the…
Seoul will fully suspend a 2018 tension-reducing military deal with nuclear-armed North Korea, the South's National Security Council said on June 3, after Pyongyang sent…
Hong Kong police arrested an eighth person over social media posts about commemorating Beijing's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on June 3, the eve of the…
China on June 3 accused Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) of recruiting a couple who worked for the central government to spy for the UK,…
The US, Japan and South Korea agreed to hold new trilateral joint exercises this summer, a joint statement issued by the US Department of Defense…
Asian factory activity expanded in May as manufacturers benefited from broadening global demand, private surveys showed on June 3, adding to hopes for sustained economic…
Australia's independent wage-setting body on June 3 raised the national minimum wage by 3.75%, largely in line with inflation, as families tackle soaring living costs.…
An annual poll of how Australians view foreign relations showed trust in the US has dipped, although most (83%) saw the US alliance as important…
Opposition parties have been able to delay the government passing three bills overnight under urgency. The government has been trying to pass several bills over…
1Enhancing trade and economic cooperation and engagement in the Pacific will be the focus when Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visits Niue and Fiji this week.…
Australian home prices climbed at a brisk pace in May, posting the largest monthly gain since October, as a sustained squeeze on supply of affordable…
US President Joe Biden on May 31 said Israel had proposed a fresh Gaza ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages, and called on…
EU voters go to the polls in a week's time, with far-right, nationalist parties expected to do well in the bloc's next parliament in a…
1The African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result that puts South Africa on a new political path…
Joe Biden's son Hunter goes on trial on June 3 on gun charges, the first prosecution in US history for the child of a sitting…
World Health Organization members on June 1 extended negotiations on a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics for up to a year, as the…
Iceland goes to the polls on June 1 in a presidential election that looks set to be a close race between three women, including former…
Kuwait's emir on June 1 named a new crown prince, Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah, state media reported, just six months after taking over the…
Tehran summoned Sweden's temporary charge d'affaires over "baseless & spiteful accusations", the foreign ministry said on June 2, after Stockholm's intelligence agency said Iran was…
Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones on June 1 that damaged energy facilities and critical infrastructure across Ukraine, injuring at least four people,…
India's Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked set to win a third straight landslide election victory on June 1 at the close of a six-week…
At least 33 people, including election officials on duty, died of suspected heat stroke in India's states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha on May…
Pakistan's Planning Ministry said on May 31 that the economic outlook for the next year was positive, with a growth target of 3.6%, while inflation…
At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on the morning of June 1, a Taliban…
